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El Rio Man Gets 22 Years for Slaying

A 27-year-old El Rio gang member was sentenced Wednesday to 22 years in prison for the shooting death of a fellow gang member in Oxnard three years ago, prosecutors said.

Rudy Mendoza pleaded guilty last month to voluntary manslaughter for the May 28, 2001, death of Anthony Rodriguez. Mendoza, who had a long-running feud with the 30-year-old victim, shot Rodriguez because he believed he had shown Mendoza's family a lack of respect.